San Francisco 49ers beat Dallas Cowboys 19-12 to set up NFC championship clash with Eagles in Philadelphia | NFL News
San Francisco’s win over Dallas was their 12th straight win this season, the 49ers crowned the NFC Conference Championship for the third time in four years, and also knocked the Cowboys out of the knockout stages for a second year. consecutive; watch Sunday’s Championship live on Sky Sports NFL
Last updated: 23/01/23 3:49 am
San Francisco 49ers running back Christian McCaffrey celebrates with quarterback Brock Purdy after scoring his key goal
Christian McCaffrey ran in the head-to-head encounter before the San Francisco 49ers thrashed the Dallas Cowboys 19-12 in an intense split-stage clash, claiming their third NFC championship in four years.
Story of the game
Robbie Gould also kicked four goals for the 49ers, while seventh-round rookie QB Brock Purdy completed 19 of 29 214-yard passes as the 49ers booked a trip to Philadelphia to face the Eagles in the game. for the title next Sunday.
George Kittle also had five 95-yard catches – including an incredible one-handed circus grabbing his helmet to help establish McCaffrey’s key score – as San Francisco won his 12th game. consistently amazing this season.
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The San Francisco 49ers star ended the game, George Kittle, with an incredible one-handed catch that bounced off his helmet!
Dak Prescott was 23/37 passes for 206 yards, one touchdown and two interceptions in the first half for the Cowboys, which were knocked out of the knockout stages for the second year in a row by the 49ers.
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Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott made his second intercept of the first half against the San Francisco 49ers.
Prescott led the regular season with 15 interceptions, though his first-half picks didn’t prove to be as costly as they could have been, with the 49ers failing to find the end of the field and just creating 9-6 advantage at halftime.
point summary
| FIRST QUARTER | |
| Cowboy 0-3 49ers | Robbie Gould .’s 26-yard goal |
| SECOND QUARTER | |
| Cowboy 6-3 49ers | Dak Prescott’s four-yard TD pass to Dalton Schultz (failure to score extra points) |
| Cowboy 6-6 49ers | Robbie Gould .’s 47-yard goal |
| Cowboy 6-9 49ers | Robbie Gould .’s 50-yard goal |
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| Cowboy 9-9 49ers | Brett Maher .’s 25-yard goal |
| Q4 | |
| Cowboy 9-16 people 49 years old | Christian McCaffrey TD rushes two yards (additional points) |
| Cowboy 12-16 49ers | Brett Maher .’s 43-yard on-court goal |
| Cowboy 12-19 49ers | Robbie Gould .’s 28-yard goal |
The bigger concern for Dallas is re-run injury Tony Pollard, who was taken off the field and will not be back after straining his ankle late in the first half.
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The Dallas Cowboys took the lead after a Dalton Schultz TD, but Brett Maher then missed with another scoring attempt.
The Dallas head had previously taken a 6-3 lead in Prescott’s four-yard TD throw to close Dalton Schultz with nine and a half minutes remaining in the second half. In a subsequent attempt to score more, San Francisco’s Samson Ebukam used his left hand to block Brett Maher’s kick, his fifth miss this season.
However, Maher was successful with two goals in the second half, one that ended the game in the third after Ray-Ray McCloud fumbled on a return to help Dallas establish a great position in the deep. inside the San Francisco courtyard.
The 49ers once again regained the lead in the first game of the fourth quarter, thanks to McCaffrey’s two-yard TD run to get through a 10-time, 91-yard lap.
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Christian McCaffrey ran in what proved to be the winning match for the San Francisco 49ers against the Dallas Cowboys.
Maher’s second FG from 43 yards put the Cowboys back inside their home four, but another long drive by the 49ers, this hit capped by Gould’s fourth goal of the game , restored their one-point advantage with only three minutes left and Dallas’ defeat threatened to find the end zone in the final exchanges.
Statistical Leader
Cowboys
- Pass: Dak Prescott, 23/37, 206 yards, 1 TD, 2 INT
- Rush: Ezekiel Elliott, 10 attempts, 26 yards
- Get: CeeDee Lamb, 10 catches, 117 yards
- Dalton Schultz, five catches, 27 yards, 1 touchdown
49ers
- Pass: Brock Purdy, 29/19, 214 yards
- Rush: Elijah Mitchell, 14 attempts, 51 yards
- Christian McCaffrey, 10 attempts, 35 yards, 1 touchdown
- Get: George Kittle, five catches, 95 yards
What’s next?
We have the final four for Conference Championship games next Sunday, live on Sky Sports NFL.
First, the 49ers head to Philadelphia to face the Eagles in the NFC title game (Opening, 8 p.m.), while the Kansas City Captains then host the Cincinnati Bengals in the AFC (Opening, 11:30 p.m.) ), with the winners going on to Super Bowl LVII in Arizona on February 12.
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